Visconti Van Gogh Maxi

[carlc]

It is a good nib. Not very artistically designed but writes smoothly. Dealbreaker for me - steel nib is apparently available only in medium according to the American importer, and it seems to write pretty much as a broad. As a result I am having mine exchanged for a fine - in 14K.

 

Odd that - mines a medium and writes close to an Aurora medium and I've seen steel nibs on Maxis available as F,M,B.

 

Carl

[Ghost Plane]

Don't know anything about the steel nibs as I bought mine while they still had 14k nibs. But those came in F, M, and B. Might want to contact Bry or Coles, the distributor. I find some sellers don't know or don't want to be bothered with other nib sizes and insist that what they carry is the only way.

 

Just try going in and asking for a stub most places.

[rsx]

Don't know anything about the steel nibs as I bought mine while they still had 14k nibs. But those came in F, M, and B. Might want to contact Bry or Coles, the distributor. I find some sellers don't know or don't want to be bothered with other nib sizes and insist that what they carry is the only way.

 

Just try going in and asking for a stub most places.

 

 

Actually I have contacted both Bry and Coles of London, the US distributor of Visconti. Bry indicated that he is not very familiar with steel nibs for Visconti Maxi and doesn't deal in them. I contacted Coles to arrange for exchange of my medium steel for a fine, and they told me that a fine steel nib was unavailable for the Visconti Maxi. Sounds strange, but that's what I was told. So I am going for the more beautiful 14K in fine.

[carlc]

Don't know anything about the steel nibs as I bought mine while they still had 14k nibs. But those came in F, M, and B. Might want to contact Bry or Coles, the distributor. I find some sellers don't know or don't want to be bothered with other nib sizes and insist that what they carry is the only way.

 

Just try going in and asking for a stub most places.

 

 

Actually I have contacted both Bry and Coles of London, the US distributor of Visconti. Bry indicated that he is not very familiar with steel nibs for Visconti Maxi and doesn't deal in them. I contacted Coles to arrange for exchange of my medium steel for a fine, and they told me that a fine steel nib was unavailable for the Visconti Maxi. Sounds strange, but that's what I was told. So I am going for the more beautiful 14K in fine.

 

 

Oh dear that doesn't sound good - I'll try ordering a broad steel nib later in thweek (I was waiting for the cash) - let's see how it goes...

 

Carl

[carlc]

Update

 

Well a phone call to the seller finds that listing any other nib grade apart from medium in steel is a website error!

 

Just confirms what everyone else has been saying all along...

[Ghost Plane]

If you can find a 14k nib, GET it. They're fantastic writers and worth a little extra. I suspect these will be classics someday due to the alarmingly good design. Well made USERS.